District 6 Working Without A Contract

Yesterday, CWA Bargaining Committee had heated exchanges with AT&T regarding the company’s demands to modify or regress on many issues. The company is not willing to move on these issues unless CWA gives up more. Our Bargaining Committee states it makes little sense to give up something we already “had” to get something we currently have. CWA wants the company to move the retrogression off the table on many items which would leave the larger issues to be dealt with. See Report #128. As always, please continue to support our Bargaining Committee.

District 6 Working Without a Contract

Our bargaining committee continues trying to reduce the number of bargaining items that are still on the table. Major issues that they are still working on are: Employment Security Commitment, Success Sharing Plan, and no longer using volunteers first for overtime assignments. AT&T continues to refuse to renew the existing Successorship Clause, EO/ERB MOA or make any improvements in Appendix I.

Other items that are still unresolved are: PREM TECHS, Leveraged Titles, Pensions, Service Representative Task Force Agreement, Health Care

District 6 Working Without a Contract

Formal Bargaining sessions resumed yesterday for the CWA & AT&T Bargaining Committees. Discussions took place and progress was made on several items; however, we are still far apart on the major issues. Please review Report #125 on District 6 site for more details.

District 6 Working Without A Contract

We recently received Bargaining Report #124. It states items that have been Tentatively Approved subject to a final agreement being reached and items/issues that are still unresolved at the bargaining table. Please visit the District 6 website for Report #124 to review these items.

District 6 Working Without a Contract

So far this week, the CWA Bargaining Committee has no new information to report. As mentioned in Report #123, the next Bargaining Report will be posted when there is new information to share. Please continue to support our District 6 Bargaining Committee as they continue negotiations for a FAIR & JUST CONTRACT.

District 6 Working Without a Contract

CWA and AT&T Bargaining parties continue to meet informally regarding discussions on a new collective bargaining agreement. Many major issues are still unresolved. Up-dated strike schedules were placed on union boards earlier this week. The schedules are tentative and subject to change. We are ready to strike if the need arises. Also, remember to take all personal belongings home Friday, August 7, 2009

District 6 Working Without A Contract

CWA and AT&T have not formally met for the last few days. CWA Bargaining Committee is reviewing and developing strategies over all the remaining items that are still on the bargaining table. AT&T presented additional options of the medical plan which only shows that they shifted costs from one part of the plan to another.

District 6 is fully engaged in Mobilization to continue in reaching a FAIR and Just contract for ALL of our MEMBERS. We have hand billed agent/vendor stores and will continue to do so. Also, full-page newspaper ads were purchased in major cities in District 6 in regards to AT&T’s 6.2 billion dollar earnings for the first 6 months of 2009. Mobilization continues next week with flyers and rallying AGAINST AT&T’s Foreign Outsourcing.

All officers are asked, as a precaution, to update their Local’s STRIKE schedules.

District 6 Working Without a Contract

CWA and AT&T continue to meet informally discussing on-going negotiations regarding possible ways to bridge the disagreement over AT&T’s health care proposals. CWA continues to press the company for better options than what is being offered & to modify proposals to be more acceptable. CWA is waiting on a response from AT&T.

Also, Local Presidents from District 6 were told to ask their membership how they felt about District 4’s tentative agreement & to provide the census to Andy Milburn. Andy stated he already knew how the leadership of the Locals felt but wanted to know about the membership. The majority of our Local 6203 voted that they would not agree to or accept what is in District 4’s TA.

District 6 Working Without a Contract

CWA District 4 has reached a tentative agreement with AT&T in the Midwest; however, this agreement does not apply to District 6. Negotiations continue with CWA & AT&T bargaining Committees with the Union presenting the Company with formal proposals on TFTs & Premise Techs. CWA is currently reviewing the Company’s Medical Proposal. Yesterday, the Company presented two revised letters to the Union pertaining to Pensions & Healthcare Benefits. We will continue to bargain in an attempt to reach a fair, just, and equitable contract for District 6.

District 6 Working Without a Contract

Negotiations continues this week with CWA & AT&T Bargaining Committees with discussions on Temporary Employees to Full Time, Pensions, Benefit Committee, CWA Benefit Representative, & the Service Representative Task Force Agreement. Also, the Union inquired about the status of requests regarding information of AT&T contracting outside the U.S & other data on Leveraged Titles and sales on current Service Representatives. Health care continues to be an issue with the Company demands on shifting significant cost.